This year’s Halloween Safe Walk will start at 5:30pm on Friday October 31st at the corner of Flatbush and Rutland Road.Route: proceed on Rutland Road to Rogers Avenue, left at Rogers Avenue to Midwood Street, left on Midwood Street to Bedford Avenue, right on Bedford Avenue to Maple Street, right on Maple Street to New York Avenue, left on New York Avenue to Empire Boulevard to the 71 Precinct.

Carole Schaffer, who fastidiously orchestrated the annual Prospect Lefferts Gardens House & Garden Tour for many years, has died.
Carole died of heart failure after eight days under care in a hospital.
A retired registered dietician and nutritionist and longtime Lefferts Manor Association board member, Carole lived with her husband, Arthur, in an exquisitely restored Midwood I brownstone for  years. A memorial service is set for Sunday, October  at  a.m. at the Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel at  St. and Fifth Avenue.

The affordable housing crisis in New York has impacted the entire city.

As activists concerned with maintaining and nourishing NYC’s diverse neighborhoods,
we ask you to join us in taking back this important public conversation about affordable
housing and neighborhood preservation from the real estate lobbyists.